neolithic=النيوليتية

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neolithic=النيوليتية

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

neolithic (adj.)

"pertaining to the later Stone Age," 1865, coined by John Lubbock, later Baron Avebury, (1834-1913) from neo- + -lith "stone."

neo-

word-forming element meaning "new, recent," used in a seemingly endless number of adjectives and nouns, mostly coined since c.1880, from Gk. neo-, comb. form of neos "new, young, youthful; fresh, strange; lately, just now," from PIE root *newo- (see new).

-lith

word-forming element meaning "stone, rock," from Mod.L. -lithus or Fr. -lithe, from Gk. lithos "stone" (see litho-).

litho-

before vowels, lith-, word-forming element meaning "stone, rock;" from comb. form of Gk. lithos "stone, a precious stone, marble; a piece on a game board," of unknown origin.